AtomicSkier

Ugh...I'd hate to pay to ski there. We'll see.

If I would have brought my face mask it would have been fine. The wind, snow, and sleet made it feel so much colder.

Fat skis would have been a handicap today.

lol, the one run doug and i did alternating WOOOOO's the whole way down.

Pics and Vid Looking up Chair 7 on our first lift ride... Grilled Steeze in the house Grilledsteeze action shot That little spec is me. leaving Belleayre with grilledsteeze in the lead.. Definately not hero snow... jeff.mov

I left Saturday at 5:45am destined for Belleayre. Before I left I saw there was a forecasted 10"-15" for Highmount, which had me aroused, as well as nervous about the drive home on Sunday. I got to Belleayre from Bethlehem 2 hours and 40 minutes later, booted up, got a breakfast sandwich and hit the Supercheif HSDQ. We met up with Glenn, Lib, and Zaldon after our second run and Doug and I did runs with Zaldon while Lib and Glenn hit up the not-so-progressive terrain park. We skied almost the whole mountain, sampling what New York's Snowpark has to offer. Some really good trails, especially the ASRA race trail, which was awesome. We skied 26 runs for 26,400 vertical on Saturday. Lib, Glenn and Zaldon were heading home, but Doug and I got a room exactly 4 miles from the parking lot. After some heady dank birchbeer, we hit up this mexican place where we split nachos, and we both got quesadillas. Good food, num num num. We went back to the room, watched some TV this both passed out. Sunday....what a bittersweet way to end the season. We woke up early, watched some TV, then headed to the mountain. We left the motel around 8am, and it was only a 4 minute drive, so nothing to worry about. Roads weren't super great, as it was mixed precipitation at the motel, but we figured it would be all snow at the mountain, which it was. The superchief was closed for Camelback reasons (ice) so we hiked up to chair 7 for our first run, and we didn't get off at the mid station. Doug went to measure the snow depth, but he didn't sink. It had JUST turned over to snow right before we got there, so it was all crusted over. ugh. Our first run down one of the diamonds was an interesting one. Very crusty on top with light stuff underneath. As every run went by, more and more snow accumulated. It was so freaking cold and windy that we only lasted for 9 runs in what turned out to be some pretty sweet conditions. Doug had forgot his jacket, so he was wearing my Atomic spring jacket, and I didn't have my facemask, and Doug left the baklava in the car, so we both weren't dressed ideally for the weather. I ended my season on April 15th in powder that was blowing up over my boots. Not too shabby. Pics and vid to follow....

see everyone there! w00000t!

Just because it's the internet, doesn't mean your identity is invisible. You're a paid patroller and representative of Camelback, don't be so rude to Papasteeze, a paying customer.

i was gunna follow you so i dont get a ticket....

what time we meeting up tomorrow morning

uh oh, do I hear an excuse to cancel it? Sounds look a good time. Maybe I'll check it out, I could use some more vert.

what what

isnt denny comin with you?

PM Papasteeze

sounds good to me.

haha i didnt have any change for the toll so i had to run back to glenns car

that takes just as long and plus, last time i did that i was called a "dosh nozzle" by some dosh a few cars behind me aka glenn.

BB is approx 45-50 minutes from the LV exit. I was surprised when it took me almost an hour to get to BB. JF is alot closer.

we'll have to see how it is in may, to see if its worth the trip...

NO.

hell yea!

I think you would enjoy Okemo even more then Killington. You'd really love their long cruising trails. My favorite is upper and lower world cup, which is nice and long, and so much fun.

Okemo markets themselves as a family mountain, and they certainly do deliver. The terrain there isn't steep, but there are so many great trails to arc turn after turn on, and the natural rollers all over the place make it fun. They have a few good tree runs on the South Peak. Over in Jackson Gore there is another good one off to the skiers left of the lift. Pretty nice there, and I don't mind going there on weekends as the lift lines are never as big as Killington.

just go.

Then he must not have been there. Nipples is the easiest person to pick out of the crowd.